Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.True or false: green is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
- 3.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) an icy glacier (b) a snowy mountain (c) the hot desert sun (d) a calm lake
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
- 5.True or false: hot lava is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) blue to green (b) green to purple (c) red to yellow
- 7.True or false: a calm lake is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 8.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a rainy night (c) a sunset sky (d) a deep blue sea
- 9.True or false: blue-purple is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a shady forest (b) a flaming torch (c) a rainy night (d) a deep blue sea
- 11.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
- 12.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: blue is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
- 15.🖌️ Would you paint a sunset sky mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shady forest (b) a campfire (c) a snowy mountain (d) a deep blue sea
- 17.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red (d) blue-green
- 18.True or false: autumn leaves is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: blue is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) green
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a deep blue sea (b) a rainy night (c) a flaming torch (d) a shady forest
- 22.True or false: red is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
- 24.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) ice and water (b) fire and sunshine (c) snow and night (d) shade and rain
- 25.🖌️ Would you paint a rainy night mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 26.True or false: a snowy mountain is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🌡️ Is red a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 28.True or false: a flaming torch is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a deep blue sea (b) an icy glacier (c) a calm lake (d) the hot desert sun
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sunset sky (b) autumn leaves (c) the hot desert sun (d) a snowy mountain
- 32.🌡️ Is blue-green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a campfire (b) a calm lake (c) a sunset sky (d) a flaming torch
- 34.🌡️ Is orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue-purple
- 36.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a campfire (b) a shady forest (c) a calm lake (d) a rainy night
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm lake (b) a deep blue sea (c) a shady forest (d) a sunset sky
- 38.🌡️ Is purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 39.🖌️ Would you paint a campfire mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 40.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to come forward, closer to you? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
Answer key
- True
- blue
- the hot desert sun
- red-orange
- False
- red to yellow
- True
- a sunset sky
- True
- a flaming torch
- green
- True
- True
- orange
- warm colours
- a campfire
- blue-green
- False
- False
- red
- a flaming torch
- True
- blue-purple
- fire and sunshine
- cool colours
- True
- warm colour
- False
- False
- the hot desert sun
- a snowy mountain
- cool colour
- a calm lake
- warm colour
- yellow
- a campfire
- a sunset sky
- cool colour
- warm colours
- warm colours
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